Depending on the size and location of your spa and pool, spanning both or each is certainly something that can be accomplished with a wood structure if, at the least, it's designed by a professional (preferably and engineer with wood structure experience). The larger issue might include questions like... How big is the pool and spa? Is this and inground pool? Will you be ceasing operation and use of the pool by contructing this deck? What does your local zoning and health codes say about such issues? These, and other questions, will and should play heavily into your decision making. If the pool is an inground, and if you simply cover it with a deck and do nothing more, it will, in time, become a swamp of sorts under the deck offering up more trouble than you might expect. With nothing over it to keep the rain out, the pool will continue to collect and hold water, or at the least, moisture, making it a perfect breeding gound for mold, fungus, algea, mosquitos, and other insects. If it's an above ground pool, demolition should be relatively inexpensive, perhaps even a homeowner job. If your purpose is to eliminate the pool from your lives and replace it with something else that is above ground, then your best direction would seem to be spending some money up front to have the pool structure demolished and buried permanently and in conformance to whatever local ordinances or regulations might attend to such issues.

I had the same concerns, but decided to go with the sun deck in the end. Check out my posts here at garden web... Central New Jersey New Pool build I've read that if you cut open tennis balls and put them on the feet of the chair that the liner will be safe. Hope you checked out seasonal world, nearly done with our build and am very happy with them. George Here is a link that might be useful: Central NJ Pool Build

I live in the suburbs of NYC. I have trex decking, around my pool, two decks, upper and lower, three sets of trex stairs, and along the whole side of my house up to the front, pretty extensive. I had it installed 10 years ago. I used two different colors, the brown with lighter tan treads, spindles, railings etc, it's very nice looking. It gets some mold on it, in some spots, not everywhere, and some stains from the bbq, and food droppings, etc, BUT, I would rather clean my deck every year, or more often if I need to, and be done with it, even with some some stubborn stains remaining and the fading of the color, than have this much wood decking that would require so much more attention and other worries, any day. I like the fact that it gets cleaned and disinfected every year. My husband once upon a time, installed wood decking, and refinished wood decks, etc etc, and he would NEVER put this much wood deck around our house. The composite is soft and feels good on your feet, without the worry of splinters, and thats a big deal for me with children. It does get hot like sand sometimes, in the summer sun, so we keep a hose near the pool to cool off the deck, and it looks nice wet anyway. It has it's issues, but they are not even noticeable in the big picture. They are coming out with new cleaners, and now you can paint and stain it if you want. The benefits of trex, when installed properly, far outweigh the inevitable, over time, every year, and every day, issues you will have with a wood deck. We paid a lot of money to avoid the problems you have with wood decks because of my husbands experience and knowledge of wood decks, and I hope this doesn't jinx us (knock on wood) but, we are very happy with ours, we would do it again in a second. Just my opinion....:)

We want to build a vinyl liner pool in Cleveland Ohio. I really want a sun deck/tanning ledge but my PB says it’s difficult due to winter and water freezing with the shallow end. Anyone here done this before? Also, if so any ideas or suggestions? Thanks a bunch!